Monday, 22 October 2018

NHS IT blunder put 10,000 patients risk of wrong prescription

NHS IT blunder put 10,000 patients risk of wrong prescription More than 10,000 patients may have been given the wrong medication due to an IT blunder, an NHS investigation has warned.

Health chiefs have expressed “major” safety concerns after discovering the glitch, which has been disrupting prescriptions since 2010.

The failure, which was identified in August and affected up to 10,053 patients at 330 GP practices, meant repeat prescriptions that should have been cancelled continued to be provided. The Daily Telegraph

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